Mother of infant found buried in shallow grave identified as Clinton Township resident

CLAY TOWNSHIP, MI -- Police in St. Clair County have not announced criminal charges related to the discovery of a dead infant found buried in a shallow grave in Clay Township.

A neighbor doing yard made the macabre discovery April 27.

DNA results confirmed the infant belongs to a 30-year-old Clinton Township mother, who came forward shortly after the corpse's discovery; and she lives with the infant's biological father, Clay Police Chief Don Drake tells the Port Huron Times Herald.

Police have not revealed how or why the child ended up in the grave but say the parents are being cooperative with the investigation.